Top Living Geniuses

The world's best chess player, there is really no one that can beat him at his game. Considered a genius for his ability to think on an analytical level and strategize lands him in a top spot.

Beyond intelligent, Hoffman has left many awe struck with this talents and ability in the chemistry field

Russian mathematician who has made landmark contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric topology. In particular, he proved Thurston's geometrization conjecture. As a consequence, this solved in the affirmative the Poincaré conjecture, posed in 1904, which before its solution was viewed as one of the most important and difficult open problems in topology.

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After many accomplishments this man will go down in history for the creation of the Simpsons.

Gifted in the world of art, Hirst has proven himself as having the ability to leave his comfort zone and create some masterpieces.

creator of rock n roll music

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Musically gifted, Glass is considered a musical genius by his peers and those that surround him.

Great novelist and short story writer.

Has produced an extraordinary body of work over the decades, most famously writing music for dozens of Hollywood movies.

One of the GREAT writers and thinkers of the past 20 years on both sides of the Atlantic.